Studying associations between yield and quality characters in mutant and somaclonal lines of winter barley

Boryana Dyulgerova

Abstract: The associations between yield and quality characters in mutant and somaclonal lines of cultivars Vesletsh, Perun, Emon were explored. There was found that mutagenesis and somaclonal variation induced genetic variation enabled selection of barley lines with combination of important quality characters and yield. There were no significant changes in any of the associations between yield and quality characters in new bred mutant and somaclonal lines.

Keywords: barley; mutant lines; quality; somaclonal lines; yield

Date published: 2017-07-06